广播剧：背后的脚步声

八、背后的脚步声
*第八组测验：
1, What was the number of the apartment?
a. 302 b. 409 c.203 d. 911 e.411

*填空：
"There it is，Jeff, right across the street."
"The ( 2. ) looks ( 3. ). Now, let's see. The address on the ( 4. ) is apartment ( 5. )." "Wasn't there anything in the letter?"
"There was a ( 6. ). It seems that I'm ( 7. ) an ( 8. ) and a ( 9. ), I didn't even pay John Blake's bill."
"Please, Jeff, don't joke about it."
"All right, Rosalee, no joking. I don't think it's very funny either. Now if I were John Blake, I ( 10. ) have a key to my own apartment. This must be it. I don't remember ever seeing it before, but the number 203 is ( 11. ) on it. Well, Rosalee..."
"I'll stay here and ( 12. ) you if the police come. Good luck, Jeff."
The lobby was empty. I got on a ( 13. ) elevator. I ( 14. ) to the second floor. It too, was ( 15. ) and I walked to the door of John...of my apartment. I ( 16. ), wondering if maybe there were a policeman inside. Well, I...I had to take the chance. The key worked and I stepped inside. The place seemed empty. I turned on a light. It was a small apartment, ( 17. ), perfectly ( 18. ) and ( 19. ). There were ( 20. ) on the wall. There were two suits in the ( 21. ), my size all right, even though I...I couldn't remember buying them. There were even ( 22. ) handkerchiefs. It was ( 23. ). Yet, I...I had to believe all these things belong to me that there had been times when l liked wearing them. My head was ( 24. ) by now. I ( 25. ) against the wall. I don't know how long I stood there unaware of anything except the ( 26. ) inside. Gradually I...I was aware that somebody was knocking on the door. But it...it was several seconds before I ( 27. ) it.
It was...It was at my door. The Police! Rosalee said that she'd warn me.
"Open up in there! This is the Police."
It was the police. I wasn't ready to give myself up yet. I ran to the window. There was a ( 28. ) outside.
""Open it...or we'll break..."
I raised the window and looked out. I...I couldn't see anyone.
"Ok, boys. Let's go in."
I should take the chance and came to the bottom of the fire escape. I climbed out and dosed the window. They started to ( 29. ). I ran down the fire escape. I jumped to the ground, and looked around the corner. There was one man sitting in the police car. I turned and ran ( 30. ). I must have run two blocks before I heard ( 31. ) behind me. I...I turned. It was Rosalee.

测验解答

*第八组测验解答：
1. c 2. lobby 3. empty 4. letter 5. 203
6. bill 7. not only 8. embezzler
9. murderer 10. ought to 11. stamped
12. warn 13. self-service 14. rode up
15. deserted 16. hesitated 17. inexpensive
18. correct 19. dull 20. hunting prints
21. wardrobe 22. monogrammed 23. unreal
24. spinning 25. leaned up 26. pain
27. located 28. fire escape 29. break in
30. the other way 31. footsteps

内文提示：
1. embezzler：吞并公款者
2. self-service：自助
3. deserted：无入約
4. print：图案
5. monogrammed：将姓名第一字母組合成的图案
6. to locate：找出……的位置
7. fire escape：防火梯